Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

Periodically, the Health Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) publishes abstracts of information collection requests under

review by the Office of Management and Budget, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a

copy of the clearance requests submitted to OMB for review, call the

HRSA Reports Clearance Office on (301)-443-1129.

The following request has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995:

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Proposed Project: Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Ryan White

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, Title III

HIV Early Intervention Services Program (OMB No. 0915-0158)--Revision

and Extension

Section 2651 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (commonly known

as Title III of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency

(CARE) Act of 1990), provides categorical funding to increase the

capacity and capability of organizations that provide primary health

care to provide HIV-related early intervention services to medically

underserved persons who have, or are at high risk for HIV infection.

These services are provided as part of a continuum of HIV prevention

and health care services.

This clearance request is for extension of OMB approval of the

Title III Program Data Report form, which is submitted annually by

Title III grant recipients. The bulk of the information being collected

describes the epidemiologic and demographic characteristics of the

populations receiving early intervention services from grant

recipients, and provides the basis for the annual report to the

Secretary, which is legislatively mandated. It is also used to monitor

the delivery of services, guide federal policy, and assist in program

development and evaluation. Only minor revisions to the form are

proposed, including deletion of some sections found to lack utility,

revision of some data elements and instructions for clarity, and

addition of data elements to improve the usefulness of the data.

The estimate of burden for the form is as follows:

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Number of Respondents per Hours per Total burden

Form name respondents respondent response hours

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Program Data Report Form.................... 166 1 84 13,944

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Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed

information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C.

20503.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Jane Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97-24728 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]

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